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George Aiton

American baseball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ5536109 ↗
Source-derived summary

George Wilson Aiton (December 29, 1890 – August 16, 1976) was a Major League Baseball player. Aiton played for the St. Louis Browns in the 1912 season. He only played in ten games for the Browns, having four hits in seventeen at-bats. He played minor league baseball for the Clay Center Cubs of the Central Kansas League

Aiton was born in Kingman, Kansas and died in North Hollywood, California.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “George Aiton” as american baseball player. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1890, 1976, 1912—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1890-12-29. The account is most persuasive where George, Aiton and American can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american baseball player. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5536109. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1890, 1976 and 1912.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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This entry incorporates text from “George Aiton” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.